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3.2 KiB
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68 lines
3.2 KiB
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# Goal
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The goal of this project is to have an affordable, full DIY A320 home cockpit with all sources in one place.
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This project is very price conscious so some realism might get sacreficed for reducing the cost.
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# Building the cockpit
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NOTE: Things are very work in progress right now and will change as development continues.
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Equipement you need:
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* 3D printer (at least access to one, minimum needed print bed size: 230x145mm)
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* Soldering equipment (you can order the PCBs pre-assembled but that comes at a significant extra cost)
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General materials you need:
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* Grey, black and red filament
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* M2 self tapping screws
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* IDC cables with various number of pins:
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* 10 Pin
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* 12 Pin
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* 14 Pin
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* 24 Pin
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* Plastic glue
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Optionally also have:
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* Wood filler and sand paper to smooth out the 3D printed parts. This then would also require painting the parts.
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* Paint to give all panels a uniform color if they have been printed with slightly different filament
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* Laser cutter to laser and engrave the panels so you can backlight them
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The repo consists of the following sturcture:
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* common-3d: Contains commonly used 3D printed parts such as knobs
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* Decals: sticker to be printed and put on 3d printed parts
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* MIP: Contains all the files needed for the main instrument panel
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* Overhead: Contains all the files needed for the overhead
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* Pedestal: Contains all files needed for the pedestal
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* Simulators: Contains existing config files for configuring the simulators
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* submodules: Git submodules which get used land in here
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The directories of the different panels contain the following:
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* 3d: Contains the source file as well as the .stl file for 3d printing
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* firmware: Contains firmware needed for this panel
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* laser: Contains the files if you wanna build the sim using lasered acryl panels (experimental and more expensive than just 3d printing)
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* pcb: Contains the kicad files for the PCB
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Some of the sub-directories contain READMEs with more specific instructions on the parts.
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## PCBs
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TODO
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## TODO BOM!
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## 3D printing
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From the common-3d parts you need:
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* 5x Knob1
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* ??x LockPin
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* TODO
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For the individual panels, check if there are hints in the individual directory
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## Laser cutter
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Using a laser cutter to cut and engrave the panels provides the option to backlight the panels. And also will probably give a better surface finish (yet to be tested)
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This is very similar to the process of commercially available panels.
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The panels get built out of 2 different acryl/PMMA panels:
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* One semi translucent white panel in 4mm thickness which first gets painted with acryllic paint and then engraved and cut
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* One transparent panel in 2mm thickness which then gets cut out and glued together under the white panel and which serves as a mounting point for the PCBs etc underneath it as well as to the structure.
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# Contributing
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If you've built this and have created simulator mappings for other simulators, please submit them so others can use those too.
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If you're interested in contributing to the development of the hardware it self, please let me know, then I can write more detailed instructions.
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# Licenses
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* Firmware, pcb designs and 3D models are under the Cooperative non-violent public license, see LICENSE.md
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* Libraries in "submodules" may have different license
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